SAMPLE PAPER
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General Instruction:
1. This question paper contains five sections, Section A to E.
2. All questions are compulsory.
3. Section A have 18 questions carrying 01 mark each.
4. Section B has 07 Very Short Answer type questions carrying 02 marks each.
Mention examples for each selected question.
5. Section C has 05 Short Answer type questions carrying 03 marks each.
6. Section D has 02 questions carrying 04 marks each.
7. Section E has 03 questions carrying 05 marks each.
All programming questions are to be answered using Python Language only
SECTION A – 18 MARKS
Q1. Python code can run on a variety of platforms, it means 1
Python is a _____ language.
(a) Graphical (b) Cross-platform
(c) independent (d) all of these
Q2. Data items having fixed value are called _____. 1
(a) Identifiers (b) functions
(c) Keywords (d) literals
Q3. Which Python built-in function returns the unique number 1
assigned to an object?
(a) identity() (b) id()
(c) refnum() (d) ref()
Q4. Escape sequences are treated as _____. 1
(a) strings (b) characters
(c) integers (d) none of these
Q5. Which of the following is not an immutable type in Python? 1
(a) String (b) Tuples
(c) dictionary (d) None of these
Q6. The _____ mode of Python gives instant result of typed 1
statement.
(a) Interactive mode (b) Script mode
(c) Combination of interactive and (d) All of these
script modes
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Q7. What is the value of the expression 100/25 ? 1
(a) 4 (b) 4.0
(c) 2.5 (d) none of these
Q8. Which of the following is an escape sequence for a newline 1
character?
(a) \a (b) \t
(c) \n (d) \b
Q9. The _____ construct repeats a set of statements a specified 1
number of times or as ng as a condition is true.
(a) selection (b) repetition
(c) sequence (d) flow
Q10. To print the value of a variable, Python uses 1
(a) Print statement (b) Print() function
(c) print statement (d) print() function
Q11. Function range(3) is equivalent to : 1
(a) range(1, 3) (b) range(0, 3) (c) range(1, 3, 0) (d) None of
these
Q12. In Python, which of the following will create a block in a 1
compound statement?
(a) colon (b) statements indented at a lower,same level
(c) indentation in (d) { }
any form
Q13. To convert the read value through input() into a floating point 1
number, _____ () is used.
(a) floating (b) float
(c) int (d) integer
Q14. What does the following Python program display? 1
x=3
if x == 8:
print ("Am I here?", end = '')
elif x == 3:
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print("Or here?", end = "")
else:
pass
print ("Or over here?")
(a) Am I here? (b) Or here?
(c) Am I here? Or here? (d) Or here? Or over here?
Q15. If the user inputs: 2, what does the following code snippet 1
print ?
x = float(input())
if(x == 1):
print("Yes")
elif (x >= 2):
print("Maybe")
else:
print ("No")
(a) Yes (b) No
(c) Maybe (d) Nothing is printed
Q16. Python is a/an _____ language. 1
(a) High level (b) difficult
(c) procedural (d) None of these
Q17 and 18 are ASSERTION AND REASONING based questions. Mark the
correct choice as
i. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation
for A
ii. Both A and R are true and R is not the correct
explanation for A
iii. A is True but R is False
iv. A is false but R is True
Q17. Assertion: In Python, blocks are represented through 1
indentation
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Reasoning: Blocks in Python, are the compound statement
Q18. Assertion: Python’s pass statement is an empty statement 1
Reasoning: An empty statement does nothing
SECTION B – 14 MARKS
Q19. How are floating constants represented in Python? Mention 2
examples of each type.
OR
What is the basic difference between implicit type conversion
and explicit type conversion? Mention example of each.
Q20. What is an expression and a statement? 2
Q21. How does a conditional expression affect the result of if 2
statement?
Q22. What is Dynamic Typing feature of Python? Mention example. 2
Q23. What are augmented assignment operators? How are they 2
useful
Q24. What is the significance of break and continue statements? 2
Q25. Find output of the following: 2
x=1
if x > 3 :
if x > 4 :
print ("A", end = ' ')
else :
print ("B", end = ' ')
elif x < 2:
if (x != 0) :
print ("C", end = ' ')
print ("D")
SECTION C – 15 MARKS
Q26. Find an output of the following code: 3
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a) for x in range (5):
print (x)
b) for p in range(1, 10) :
print (p)
c) for q in range (100, 50, -10) :
print (q)
OR
Predict an output of the following code:
a) x = 10
y=0
while x > y :
print (x, y)
x=x-1
y += 1
b) count = 0
while count < 10 :
print ("Hello")
count += 1
Q27. "Comments are useful and easy way to enhance readability 3
and understandability of a program.” Elaborate with
examples.
Q28. What are three internal key-attributes of a value-variable in 3
Python Explain with example.
Q29. What do you mean by token in Python? How many types of 3
tokens are allowed in Python?
OR
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What factors guide the choice of identifier in program?
Q30. What is the similarity and difference between for and while 3
loop? Mention example of each to support your answer.
SECTION D – 8 MARKS
Q31. i) How does the // operator different from the / 4
operator?
[2+2]
ii) What are the error types? Which error is very
difficult to locate?
Q32. i) Write the following mathematical expression in 4
terms of Python expression.
[2+2]
1
i) 3 𝑏 h
2
ii) πr2h
ii) Predict an output of the following code fragment:
x,y=20,60
y, x, y=x, y-10, x+10
print(x,y)
OR
i) Predict an output of the following code fragment:
x=40
y=x+1
x=20,y+x
print(x,y)
ii) Write following mathematical expression in terms of
Python expression.
𝟒
i) 𝟑 𝝅𝒓𝟑 ii) 2πr
SECTION E – 15 MARKS
Q33. i) Write a program to accept percentage from the user 5
and display the grade according to the following [3+2]
criteria:
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Marks Grade
More than 90 A
Between 80 & 90 B
Between 60 & 80 C
Below 60 D
ii) Write a program to input a number and print its first
five multiplies.
OR
i) Write a program to calculate the Electricity Bill
(accept no of unit consumed from user) according to
the following criteria:
Unit Price
First 100 units No charge
Next 100 units Rs. 5 per unit
Next 200 units Rs. 10 per unit
(For example is unit is 350 then total bill amount is 2000)
ii) Write a program to find the sum of two numbers
Q34. i) Write a program to obtain temperature of 7 days 5
(Monday, Tuesday…. Sunday) and then display average
temperature of the week. [3+2]
ii) Write a program to find the area of square.
(Hints: Area= side*side)
Q35. i) Write a program to accept the cost price of a bike and 5
display the road tax to be paid according to the
following criteria: [3+2]
Cost Price Tax
More than 100000 15%
50000 – 100000 10%
Less than Equal To 50000 5%
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ii) Write a program to find the simple interest based
principal amount, rate and time (Hints: Simple
Interest= (principal amount*rate*time)/100)
OR
i) Write a program that asks a user for a number of years,
and then prints out the number of days, hours, minutes
and seconds in that number of years.
How many years? 10
10.0 years is:
3650.0 days
87600.0 hours
5256800:0 minutes
315360000.0 seconds
ii) Write a program that reads a number of seconds and
print it in forms: mins And second ,
eg. , 200 second are printed as 3 mins and 20 second .
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